Eastonmade 22-28, One month review #79
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- In this video I review the Eastonmade 22-28 log splitter equipped with box wedge and attached conveyor. I then split a tote full of wood and time how long it takes.
www.eastonmadewoodsplitters.com
I know this year I have slowed down my cutting, I am pushing 72 soon. Fighting two bad shoulder, doing rehabilitation for them. It hell to get old. Very nice splitter you got now. Fast also
Thanks Larry. I'll be 75 in January and I'm convinced this splitter will keep me productive for several years. It's a large investment for a small operation, but resale is high and a person could recoup most of the initial expense if they needed to sell. In the meantime its really paying for itself.
Fascinating machine. I’m just a private wood burner with acreage. Been cutting, bucking and splitting for 50 years now. This is the best innovation I’ve ever seen. Just too much machine for private use.
Thanks for watching!
Great job with the video Dick. Its good to see you are enjoying the splitter and increasing productivity as well. I know our 12-22 has made a big difference for us making bundle wood.
I know they are expensive , but you definitely get what you pay for and then some. As I get older, I am always looking for ways to make my life easier and this splitter helps out immensely. It makes firewood fun again. Hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Stay safe
Thanks Bill. All of a sudden I’m thinking about increasing production and sales next year. Before the 22-28 I was trying to decide how much I needed to cut back!
Great video. The Eastonmade is quite the splitter. I noticed in the end you moved your tote with 3 pt. hitch. First time I’ve seen anyone do that in all the firewood videos I’ve watched. Great video. Dave D. from Southern Maine.
Thanks for watching Dave. I love the three point forks for moving totes. I can keep my grapple or bucket on the front. I did a video “new tool in the woodyard” when I got the three point forks… check it out!
Clifford taking your wood funny,you have found your splitter good for you stay well
Thanks digger. I have to walk my yard before I mow. He carries pieces of wood all over the lawn!
I agree with you 100% Dick. These machines are well worth the investment. I’ve had my 12-22 now for a month also and have already split more wood if just a few sessions than I would have in several months without it. Great machines. Keep moving my friend.
Thanks for watching Bill. It's hard to get your mind around the cost, but if you sit down and put the numbers to paper It's a no brainer.
How many cords will it take to pay for it ????
22-28 is a monster of a machine! Glad you like it Dick!
It’s a beast for sure!
Congratulations Dick👍🏻👍🏻 Your definitely moving up in production these days.
Thanks you my friend.
Great video, well done 😊
Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Looking good OGF. Glad the Eastonmade is treating you well. 👍🏻
Thank you! It’s really made production easier.
So glad you are getting through the learning curve as you are Dick. Every new piece of equipment takes time to feel good with it and glad you are enjoying the 22-28 as much as you are!!
Thanks Obie. I’m really pleased with it. I’ll be trying the “pizza” box wedge with it in a week or so.
Good morning, I thoroughly enjoy your videos as you have a calming voice
Thank you Joseph. I really appreciate you watching and commenting.
Game changer for sure! Love that splitter!! Great job Dick👍👍
Thanks Jeremiah. It's definitely allowing me to keep going!
Great review Dick, it sure is a hell of a machine!
Thanks Jake. I’m thinking I need to add grizzly bars like you did. It certainly is a great machine!
I was going to ask…how much scrap have you been noticing in your totes? I didn’t split much with mine until I got them squared away!
@@DudeRanchDIY too much scrap in the totes. Like you, I want to split into the totes, dump tote into trailer, and dump wood at customer. It’s just too much scrap to burden the customer with. I’m going to get in touch with you to see if you have any drawings, measurements, etc. you might share.
Great video Dick. That is one nice machine. Hope you are well.
Thanks for watching Eric. I'm doing well... hope you are as well.
Man that machine just pumps out wood, all in one convenient package too!!! Happy Sunday brother 🍻
Thanks Jack. It’s an amazing machine!
I really like your firewood set up ! On my bucket list for sure 👍. I use a rugged splitter on our channel it’s not bad but not as fast like yours !
Thanks so much for watching and commenting Tom. I’m enjoying your channel as well. - Dick
Good morning duck and Clifford that sure does take a lot of extra work away from you it went pretty fast stay safe my friend hope you had a great thanksgiving
Thanks John. Thanksgiving was great... hope yours was too. This machine will enable me to continue to split production quantities!
Great machine for sure as a hobby guy it way out my price range. That box wedge pull back arm definitely make life easier. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻👍🏻
I understand the price issue Dan, but If you can make the initial investment and sell wood, you can use the tax depreciation, and up your production immediately. If you want to sell it in the future, they hold their value very well.
Game changer for sure!
You are absolutely correct Heath. I'll be trying the pizza box in the near future.
@@oldguyfirewood I think that’d be the go to wedge for me with the smaller splits.
Hey Dick. Thanks for the great positive feedback on your splitter and showing us the operation.
Kenny
Hi Kenny. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good morning Dick, what a great machine, I can see Clifford is amazed how quickly wood fills that tote.
I wouldn't mind seeing a video that shows your delivery process whenever you could get around to it. Thanks and God bless.
Hey Tom. Thanks for watching. I have a couple of videos out on bundle delivery, and at least one on bulk delivery. I'll post some more in the near future.
God bless you Dick! What a beautiful machine….! Nice to see Andrew helping our wood hound community!!! Go team orange and blue….! Someday I’ll own an Axis….!! 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Keep moving buddy….!!!
I’d like to learn more about where the free oak comes from!
Thanks for watching Ken. My body really appreciates that pull back arm! I’ve developed a relationship with a couple tree service companies and it’s working great for free wood.
That Clifford’s a good man you got there! Great machine too, I have the 9-16 and a conveyor would help out a ton even with it. I did order the agrifab 3pt forks you spoke about a few vids back. I have a B2601 w front forks and just couldn’t move full tote cages, the rear forks do with not much effort!! Thanks. RTB Firewood 😊
Hey Jack. I’m convinced a conveyor is a critical piece of equipment in the Woodyard. Eliminating that touch is huge!
Excellent job and video Dick also your supervisor did great 👍 😮😊❤
Thanks Todd. Mr Clifford is right on top of everything 😂
Good Morning Dick, Yes indeed its perfect for your woodyard, safe Splitting to ya my friend 🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
Thanks Larry. I hope you and Robin had a great Thanksgiving. Have you considered going to Brads for the Fellowship? I'm definitely hoping to make it.
Dick, Maybe, Robins mother is getting up there now, so yes we intend to, Hope you had a blessed weekend, we certainly did🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
A time and back saver for sure. Guard dog Clifford on duty.
Thanks Bill. It definitely is a back saver!
Dick, that looks so relaxing and fun. It's probably a good thing I don't live in North Carolina anymore, as I would be bugging you to help you with your firewood operation. Much better than topping trees like we used to do.
Hey David. I wish you were still here. We could crank out some serious firewood!
Good morning Mr Dick , that is a wonderful piece of equipment . I bet the ole wolferidge is lonely !!! Great video as always . 👍🏻🪵🔥
Hi Del. I actually still use the Wolfe Ridge for the knotty and crotch pieces. I keep it available for using it as a single wedge. It saves me from having to change the box wedge out on the 22-28. I'm blessed to have two great pieces of equipment. Keep using that polar cube! It was a life saver when I had my knees scoped for cartilage tears.
Yes sir , I was on the polar cube last night . It has keep me from taken a lot of the pain pills which I don’t care for .
hi there well done . good show john
Thanks for watching John. The 22-28 Eastonmade has sure made production a lot easier for this old guy. I’ve got a few years on you, but I’m sure you can understand!
Working out great Dick, love the new machine! Looks like right around a cord an hour! You may need to find more sources for wood! Enjoy!
Thanks so much for watching. I see you guys are in northern NJ. I grew up at the northern most tip of NJ, right where NJ, NY, and PA meet. May have been close to you!
Hi Dick, I know where you grew up very well. Spent many nights camping at High Point and love that entire area. I don’t know if you have been back but it’s still very beautiful.
We are about 30 miles due south in western Morris County. Almost straight down south on RT 206. Still somewhat rural but closer to employment and shopping. The minimum lot size in our town is 3 acres with some smaller and many over 5 acres. So, it’s not too crowded.
People see where you grew up and where we live, and can’t believe it’s NJ. But it is. An hour to skiing, New York City, or the Shore. It’s a great place to live but glad we bought into the Real Estate market 35+ years ago. It’s ridiculous now.
Might consider the slash pieces for bags of kindling.
Great video 👍
Great idea. Thanks for watching!
Just an all around awesome machine, the attached conveyor is the way to go if you can swing the cost. It loads the IBC totes sooo nice. I prefer the 12 way for most of what we do , thats the nice part of the 22-28 besides how powerful it is.
Thanks for watching and commenting. It still amazes me how fast it is!
That's an investment Dick.... it will hold it's value as well as anything out there....
So True Greg. It's a great point when looking at an investment like this... if it doesn't pan out you can recoup most of your cost in resale.
thats a great machine!! should keep you in the game a long time. good video Dick
Thanks Brian. It will allow me to keep up production for a long time!
Nice work! Good to see the splitter has made things easier for ya Dick!👊🏻
Thanks Todd!
Good Morning Mr. OGF, that splitter will work You as fast as you care too, I was always the one to complain about the box splitter ''waste'' but it sure does reduce the amount of handling. Good Work
Hi Ben. The production offsets the scrap problem. I'm also finding that a high percentage of the scrap can be re-purposed as kindling.
This is fascinating on how this works Need wood this is the place
Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
3rd to comment from Western North Carolina. I'm jealous. You have very nice equipment
Thanks for watching Steve. Where in NC? I love to spend some time in the mountains... we love
Blowing Rock.
Very nice machine! I would like to see how to keep the fines & scrap out of your wood with your setup Thats my biggest problem now .
Thanks Dave. I have the same concern. I'm going to investigate a grizzly bar setup. Jake at Dude Ranch DIY fabricated one, and it works pretty good.
always enjoy your videos Dick....
Thanks so much for your support Eric!
Does Eastonmade have a grizzly bar setup for the end of the conveyor? Glad you too can enjoy a box wedge machine! I think it’s the best kept secret in the wood splitting industry, hands down a box wedge is the way to go, especially the pull back arm. Any way to limit touches is going to speed up production. Take care Dick, hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Thanks Brent. Eastonmade doesn't offer a grizzly bar for the attached conveyors, just their stand alone conveyors. I'm researching a fabrication like Jake and Chris did on Dude Ranch DIY. Like I need another project haha!
One more project couldn’t hurt…
When you make your next video about the pizza wedge, can you go over the details again about the splitter? Specifically, the axle of the splitter isn't located where I normally see them. I'm not sure if that axle is for the splitter of the elevator. Either way, it's location frees up a lot of room for the operator and I think that is an under estimated quality when operating the splitter. There a particular brand I'm interested in and because the axle is in the way you have to work over the tire and I don't think I could stand it.
Good point. I’ll cover that.
Hi Dick! A beast for sure. Are you using the pizza wedge?
Hey Mike, no, that's the standard 7 way. I'll be trying the pizza box in the near future and will do a video to compare.
Dick what you didn’t discuss is the volume of wood you would have to produce in your area to pay for this splitter in a year. I know it sells for different prices in different areas however you should give a reasonable amount of wood you would have to process in a year. Is it 100 full cords or 1000. That number would give someone an idea of what there getting into. If you harvest your own logs that’s more time in the woods if you buy logs to up your production you have those costs and profit is less but production goes up because your processing not gathering. Hopefully you can give us an approximate cords to pay this off in a year in your area. Peace
That's a very good question William. It also depends on what you are selling, ie. bundles, cords, small fractions of cords, etc. In my area, selling bulk wood, I could pay it off in 2 years if I was doing around 60 cords a year bulk wood and in 1 year if I was selling all bundles. That's assuming you're getting free wood, and you're not paying yourself anything during that period. Everyone's situation will be different based on their market, etc. and everyone would have to run their own numbers to see what the break even point would be. I would never have even considered it before, but with the increase in production I've seen it is a no brainer. YMMV...
@@oldguyfirewood thanks for your reply. I think a lot of people look at machines like this and really don’t understand how much time they have to work and the wait for it to dry. I cut mostly oak so I season it two years before you can sell your first stick. There’s not a lot of ready to burn trees out there that you can recoup your investment. In the first year. Some yes the majority no. Peace
@@williamklein6649 you make an excellent point on first year profits.
Great machine!! Which wedge?? Doesn't look like the knots gives it any problems!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Hey David. That's the 7 way standard box. I'm going to be trying the "pizza" box wedge and I'll certainly do a video and compare the difference.
How well did the catch tray work? I have a much smaller splitter, and just use a tarp. Same concept.
Thanks for watching Mike. The tray worked good for the fines off the bottom of the conveyor, but I'm going to add second one under the wedge like Jake did at "Dude Ranch DIY".
Hi Dick,
What kind of three point pallet forks do you have and where did you get them?
Thanks
Hey Ken. I did a video on the 3 point forks. Here’s a link: th-cam.com/video/_PITGcSBrn4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=yMRsQoRtLHIuitew
Check it out. I provide a link to where I got them.
Will you do a remake on shooter tub again pleas sir
Hi Tommy. The original build video is still available. Is that what you’re asking or do you want to see me using it in a video?
OK what did they do different on the 22/28? Mine is not nearly that fast
Don’t know the answer Leroy. Mine is performing right at spec.
So how much can you sell a tote basket of oak for? Ballpark range.
Thanks for watching. Ballpark $100
I see now you do not pile the wood into the tote. If not piled your face cord must be less. I wonder how you get around that.
Thank you !
Hey Paul, thanks for watching. This process results in loose stacked wood in the tote, and it eliminates the touches you have if you stack it by hand in the tote. I also think the wood will dry faster loose in the tote vs. stacked. If I'm bundling the wood it doesn't matter how much is in the tote. If I'm selling bulk I will have to determine what fraction of a cord is in a loose thrown tote, and then load the appropriate number of totes to equal a face cord, full cord, etc.
How many cords and years will it take just to pay for it ?????
It was a “gift” from Andrew….!
It depends on how much you can sell your wood for, if your get free logs, etc. In my area I could pay for it in one year selling 100 cords.
What will you do with all of your free time now that you got the 22-28? lol !!!!
Ha Ha Tim! Since it's not so physically exhausting any more I'll probably spend more time splitting!
It’s almost too easy.
Thanks for watching Dana. At times I tell myself the same thing😂.
Dick it’s a real game changer for sure. Your back would be the first to agree. Best spitter on the market today..👍🪓🔥
Hey Bob. Good to hear from you! My back totally agrees with you 😂
@@oldguyfirewood dick hope you had a good thanksgiving and have a great Christmas too.
Slick rig for sure Dick from what I understand you get a lot less trash with strait grain rounds . The rounds with knots tend to produce a lot of scrap but either way it sure makes life a lot easier using that .
@@AllenFamilyFirewood your absolutely correct Phil. The box wedge will create a lot of scrap with twisted or knotty wood.
Only splitter I’d say that I’ve run that is better than the Easton is the allwood